The
Múscraighe (older spelling:
Músgraige) were an important
Érainn people of
Munster, descending from Cairpre Músc, son of
Conaire Cóem, a
High King of Ireland. Closely related were the
Corcu Duibne,
Corcu Baiscind, both of Munster, and also the
Dál Riata of
Ulster and
Scotland, all being referred to as the
Síl Conairi in Irish and Scottish legends. A more distant ancestor was the legendary monarch
Conaire Mór, son of
Eterscél, son of
Íar, son of
Dedu mac Sin.